We thoroughly enjoyed the Makhadzi Picnic spot in April. The road to it was quiet but very good gravel. We saw Elephants and Zebras on the way. The picnic area was an Army Camp protecting the border..hence the extra toilets.

This picnic site is really worth a visit.
-It's clean
-It's new
-The drive there is very interesting
-The interpretative centre provides some history
-There are some creative pieces of artwork created from basic cool drink cans on sale from the picnic site manager
-It provides for an excellent 'half-way house' between Letaba and Giriyondo (a worthwhile round-trip I must add)

Loams wrote:In other words only four posts touch the ground instead of an entire square foundation. This results in the smaller critters being able to still live under the structure. Obviously that then also accounts for a smaller "impact" based on a square meter calculation.

Spot on Loams!

We call it "touching the earth lightly" and it is a policy of ours to build structures in this way now. Of course, it isn't always practical.

Check out the new Skukuza Nursery Boardwalk for an example of how well it can work.

Spot quiz - which Kruger tourist facility (excluding hides) was the first built on stilts?

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Is the road to the Border post worthwhile to do?. We are staying at a place called Shimuwini soon and then Letaba next year. I have never been on that road before as it appears very new. and of course We can have bacon and eggs at this new picnic place.

Shimuwini is a stunning camp, with a stunning bird hide overlooking a fair stretch of water. Although I was last there a few years ago, I seem to remember good birding from that hide.

The camp itself is typical bush camp - isolated, quiet and only a few units, making it that much better.

The road via Makhadzi to Giriyondo is, as you say, pretty new but I have personally had very good sightings on that road - particularly of rare antelope species. I have seen roan and tsessebe and I have also seen reedbuck in the wetland as you turn off from the Letaba - Mopani road (near the Malopenyana waterhole and windmill).

We have also put a few white rhino in that area and a recent group I helped to host saw eland (although I didn't see them as I was in another vehicle ).

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Kruger National Park

110 Years of Conservation Success - Now isn't that worthy of a Celebration!

The road can be quite rewarding I think. We had Tsessebe (just one, but still) right next to the road, and I hear people don't see many pelicans in Kruger? About 25 of them were sitting in the trees where you start getting into the mountains.

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We did this road again, and again with good results.....Some examples:

Introducing Nwanedzi, a huge tusker:

The groundskeeper at Makhadzi:

A very intimate pair at Makhadzi:

And plenty more, but we haven't uploaded the photos yet....

But!We could kick ourselves when we got back to camp! We had our passports with us, so could have simply popped into the Moz side to have a look at Massingir (or at least partway, depending on time needed).Who else forgot about this option?

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Hi Everyone,Is that fellow that shapes those wonderful flowers from recycled cans still at the Makhadzi Picnic Site? I try to collect unusual souvenirs and that would be perfect for my collection. Thank You.